Euphemia (S.P. 539)
1917-1919
The Navy retained the name carried by this craft at the time of her acquisition.
(S.P. 539: length 50’0” (overall), 43’6” (waterline); beam 9’0”; draft 4’7” (mean); speed 10.0 knots (cruising); armament 2 1-pounders)
Euphemia, a wooden-hull, single-screw motor boat built in 1898 at Neponset, Mass., by George Lawley & Sons, was purchased by the Navy for $3,500 from John Clay, who delivered the boat to the service on 21 June 1917.
Given the identification number S.P. 539, Euphemia was commissioned on 25 June 1917 and assigned to the First Naval District where she performed section patrol duty. The Navy retained the craft through the end of the Great War [World War I] [11 November 1918]. Ultimately, Euphemia was stricken from the Navy Register on 21 October 1919 and sold.
Updated, Robert J. Cressman
21 November 2023
